Matt Kettering – President and Financial Advisor
Matt Kettering graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994. He was an Investment Representative with Edward Jones from 2000-2013, where he was a Limited Partner, a Mentor and Field Trainer to new Financial Advisors, was selected to serve as the West Virginia State Chair for the Edward Jones Grass Roots Task Force and managed over $180 million in assets. Matt served as a board member for the United Way, served as the Fairmont Rotary Club’s Treasurer, and regularly supports local non-profit organizations.
He has been married to his wife, Adrian, since 2001, and they have two young sons, Paxon and Foster.
What makes us different?
Focus
We are a smaller firm that focuses on a select group of clients, so we can commit to the highest level of customer service.
Value
The problem of an increasingly unmanageable number of clients has led the industry to move toward deepening client relationships. While this is a positive development, it comes with additional considerations such as typically higher fees (including ever-growing asset-based fees) which lead to more overall cost to the client. At Kettering Investment Strategies, our goal is to keep fees to a minimum. We believe we can serve our clients for less. As an independent firm, we have pricing power, which means we can pass along more value to our clients. If a client prefers an asset-based fee, we can do it for less than you may find elsewhere.
Financial Planning Technology
We have award winning financial planning tools.* The software we use is client friendly, interactive, and takes into account 10,000 different historical scenarios each time we do a plan, so clients have an idea of how they would fare in all sorts of different markets. Because economic times can change so significantly, it is rare that a plan is 100 percent sound, and clients need to know the probability of accomplishing their objectives. It is not simply a “yes or no” scenario.
*In March 2013, Raymond James received the Bank Insurance and Securities Association (BISA) Technology Innovation Award for the firm’s Goal Planning & Monitoring software.
Choices
Our clients have access to many choices. We have a wide range of conservative, high quality investments, like stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. But our clients can also add diversification to their portfolios with alternative investments, or manage large stock positions with conservative strategies that have a bit of complexity to them. While all of our clients won’t need to take advantage of these choices, we believe it is empowering to our clients to have a complete set of tools in their financial toolbox.
Investments mentioned may not be suitable for every investor. Investing involves risk and you may incur a profit or loss regardless of strategy selected. There are special risks associated with alternative investments including limited or no liquidity, tax considerations, incentive fee structures, speculative investment strategies, and different regulatory and reporting requirements. Consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions to determine which investments are suitable for you. Diversification does not ensure a profit or guarantee against a loss.